Chronixx and up-and-coming artiste Koffee may have been Sunday night's big winners at the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) Awards, walking away with Song of the Year and Breakthrough Artiste of the Year, respectively. But the night...
Each year, the Bob Marley birthday celebrations (part of Reggae Month activities) are held under a theme, a theme that usually calls Jamaicans to action. This year was no different as the festivities were held under the theme 'Soul Rebel 73'. As the...
In this week's edition of Five Questions with... we feature one of Jamaica's leading music producers, Donovan Germain. Germain, who established himself as a forced to be reckoned with in music from as early as the 1970s, is still one of the most in...
Artistes are today being encouraged to develop their entrepreneurial skills as the music business is much more than just recording tracks and performing onstage.A riveting discussion surrounding the music business and entrepreneurship took place at...
Ibo Cooper said that he is longing for the day when Reggae Month will bring about the kind of buzz that could boost the country's economy in a significant way."I'm dreaming of a Reggae Month where thousands of visitors flock the island to...
Recording artiste Tarrus Riley says there must be all hands on deck if Jamaica is to successfully fight the scourge of crime and violence."It's going to take the collective effort of everyone to spark some kind of change. It's going to take all of...
In addition to donating to Patricia House, this year's Red Rose for Gregory Concert on Valentine's Day will be used to collect donations for Walker's Place of Safety. Gregory Isaacs's widow, June, said that in light of last week's fire at the...
It's more than just the music, it's the experience. That is what, patrons revealed, keeps them coming back, as they celebrated 25 years of the annual reggae music festival at Grizzlys Plantation Cove in St Ann over the weekend.It was two days of...
It was clear from the reaction of the audience when entertainers like Big Youth, King Sounds, Tony Rebel, J.C. Lodge and Marcia Griffiths hit the stage, that the crowd was there for authentic reggae music.Earlier entertainers like Chevaughn, Vershon...
